Elon Musk's X to restrict live streaming feature to premium subscribers soon
It is unclear when changes announced by tech billionaire's company to increase revenue will take effect
June 23, 2024
Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X, will soon only allow premium subscribers to create live streams, Deadline reported.
A post on X from the verified @Live account, that announced Musk's latest move, read: "Starting soon, only Premium subscribers will be able to livestream (create live video streams) on X.
"This includes going live from an encoder with X integration. Upgrade to Premium to continue going live."
However, the post doesn’t give any detail about when the changes will take effect.
The move by the tech billionaire is the latest attempt by his company to increase revenue.
Earlier this year, Musk, 52, suggested charging a "small fee" to allow new users to post on X immediately after creating an account, to avoid spam and bots.
Users who don't pay would only be allowed to read posts from other accounts.
According to Deadline, the subscription service to X offers three tiers: Basic, Premium, and Premium+.
The Basic tier includes features like editing posts, longer posts, longer video uploads, reply prioritisation, text formatting, bookmark folders, custom app icons, and more.
Meanwhile, the Premium tier includes all the features from the Basic tier, and in addition, users get the blue checkmark, fewer ads, creator subscriptions, participation in ads revenue sharing, and much more.
Premium+ users get all the previous features from the two other tiers plus no ads in the "For You" or "Following" tabs, and a larger reply boost, plus the ability to write articles.
